An exaggerated statement not intended to be taken literally.
Example: I waited for an eternity.
Alliteration
When two or more words in a phrase start with the same letter (or sound).
Example: Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
Rhythm & Rhyme
Rhythm is a recurrence which gives a distinct beat to a line. Rhyme is a matching of sounds.
Example: One, two, Buckle my shoe.
Metaphor
A comparison of two unlike things
Example: Life is a roller coaster.
Analogy
A similarity between the like features of two things
Example: The comparison heart and a pump
Repetition
Saying the same thing again and again throughout a poem.
Example: I am nobody who are you? Are you nobody to?
Personification
Giving something non-human human qualities
Example: The wind howled.
Allusion
A reference to a real person, event, place, or work of art.
Example: Nicolas Flamel in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Euphemism
Hinting at something or making something offensive sound better.
Example: He kicked the bucket.
Imagery
Language that invokes one or more of the five senses.
Example: Her eyelashes brushed against my cheek as soft as baby's breath.
Irony
Words that convey the opposite of their literal meaning, or a situation where the meaning of something is contradicted by its appearance. There are three kinds if irony verbal, dramatic and irony of situation.
Example: A person goes to court for a speeding ticket and on the way gets a speeding ticket.
Malapropism
Misusing or confusing words ridiculously especially words that are similar in sound.
Example:Weapons of mass production.
Onomatopoeia
A word that imitates the sound it represents
Example: Plop, splash, crash, squeak.
Oxymoron
Putting two contradictory words together
Example:Act naturally
Satire
To make fun of human weakness.
Example:
Simile
A comparison of two unlike things using like or as.
Example: The floor was as cold as ice.
Symbol
An action or object that represents more than it's literal meaning
Example: The sidewalk in Where the Sidewalk ends.
Theme
The general idea
Example: The theme of Romeo and Juliet might be the forcefulness of love.
Hyperbole
An exaggerated statement not intended to be taken literally.Example: I waited for an eternity.
Alliteration
When two or more words in a phrase start with the same letter (or sound).Example: Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
Rhythm & Rhyme
Rhythm is a recurrence which gives a distinct beat to a line. Rhyme is a matching of sounds.Example: One, two, Buckle my shoe.
Metaphor
A comparison of two unlike thingsExample: Life is a roller coaster.
Analogy
A similarity between the like features of two thingsExample: The comparison heart and a pump
Repetition
Saying the same thing again and again throughout a poem.Example: I am nobody who are you? Are you nobody to?
Personification
Giving something non-human human qualitiesExample: The wind howled.
Allusion
A reference to a real person, event, place, or work of art.Example: Nicolas Flamel in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Euphemism
Hinting at something or making something offensive sound better.Example: He kicked the bucket.
Imagery
Language that invokes one or more of the five senses.Example: Her eyelashes brushed against my cheek as soft as baby's breath.
Irony
Words that convey the opposite of their literal meaning, or a situation where the meaning of something is contradicted by its appearance. There are three kinds if irony verbal, dramatic and irony of situation.Example: A person goes to court for a speeding ticket and on the way gets a speeding ticket.
Malapropism
Misusing or confusing words ridiculously especially words that are similar in sound.Example:Weapons of mass production.
Onomatopoeia
A word that imitates the sound it representsExample: Plop, splash, crash, squeak.
Oxymoron
Putting two contradictory words togetherExample:Act naturally
Satire
To make fun of human weakness.Example:
Simile
A comparison of two unlike things using like or as.Example: The floor was as cold as ice.
Symbol
An action or object that represents more than it's literal meaningExample: The sidewalk in Where the Sidewalk ends.
Theme
The general ideaExample: The theme of Romeo and Juliet might be the forcefulness of love.